Bible Question: I want to give thanks to those asking and answering this question. It is one that I have asked myself. I would like to know however, why do you think Job loved God so much, if not the fact that God had blessed him so from the beginning? |
Bible Answer: Read the 9;12;19;23;26; and 42 chapters of Job, where he talks of declaration of God's greatness. In chapter 9,Job tells of God's awesome power and God's arbitrary power, In chapter 12, Job tells of God's wisdom and power. In chapter 19, Job speaks of the certainty of seeing God one day. In chapter 26, Job speaks of God's majesty in nature. And when you think about it, how can you not love one that has bought you into existence, has substained you through out, and gives you his added protection. God had watched over him and blessed him.(10:12) Also God guided him through the darkness of difficulties, befriended him, and was with him. Job's experience billboards the truth that man's worship of God does not stem from a businesslike contract, whereby he earns material rewards from God. Man's relationship to God is not a juridical arrangement in which He is obligated to reward man for every good act. Instead, man is to trust God, worship Him regardless of his circumstances, and rely on the perfections of His character even when God's ways are not fully understood. Job realized that God is incharge, that God still loves him and cares for him. Job did not receive explanations regarding his problems; but he did come to a much deeper sense of the majesty and loving care of God. He came to trust God more fully, knowing that His ways should not be challenged. Though often inexplicable and mysterious, God's plans are benevolent and beneficial. |